I have been practicing yoga for 4 years but I have never been able to do padmasana. Whenever I try its very painful, and I am not sure what the problem is or how I can stretch properly.
The main problem is once I bring the heel to my thigh, I can’t lower the knee. Whenever I try to do it, I feel pain in the frontal part of my hip where the leg meets the hip bone. The pain only irradiates a little bit into the thigh, but my knee doesn’t hurt.
This doesn’t happen in Baddha Konasana. My knees touch the floor smoothly and pain-free.
The problem is when I [B]rotate[/B] the leg and flex it for padmasana. Which explains why no amount of Upavista Konasana has helped me stretch properly.
What is the problem? is it my bone structure? a ligament? a muscle? what asanas can i practice for it?